The Pretenders

Pop Rock 

Still Standing: Elton John’s Too Low For Zero at 40

May 31, 2023May 31, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Badfinger, Bernie Taupin, Chris Thomas, Davey Johnstone, Elton John, I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues, I'm Still Standing, Kiki Dee, Paul McCartney, Pete Townshend, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The Pretenders, Too Low For Zero

Inside the album that got the Rocket Man out of his New Wave era slump

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Remembrance 

Music Industry Titan Seymour Stein Gone at 80

April 2, 2023April 3, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Against Me!, Aphex Twin, Depeche Mode, Dinosaur Jr., Echo & The Bunnymen, Ice-T, k.d. lang, Madness, Madonna, Ministry, RIP, Seal, Seymour Stein, Sire Records, Talking Heads, The Cure, The Pretenders, The Ramones, The Smiths, Wilco

Remembering the Sire Records co-founder who gave us Madonna, The Ramones, Talking Heads and so much more

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Music Journalism Radio Retail Rock 

Pop Top 40: Top [Album Rock] Tracks for the Week Ending December 25, 1982

December 29, 2022December 30, 2022 Thomas Inskeep 4 Comments ” Golden Earring, Adam Ant, AOR, Billboard, Dexys Midnight Runners, Duran Duran, Hall and Oates, J. Geils Band, Led Zeppelin, Men At Work, Night Ranger, Pat Benatar, Phil Collins, Pop Top 40, Rush, Saga, Sammy Hagar, Supertramp, The Fixx, The Pretenders, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

On the cusp of ‘83, AOR grapples with New Wave in real time

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New Wave Power Pop Rock 

Inside The New Kids On The Street Box Set

December 26, 2022December 26, 2022 Dave Steinfeld 0 Comments Bram Tchaikovsky, Echo and the Bunnymen, Elvis Costello, Kids On The Street, New Wave, Patti Smith Group, Power pop, The Distractions, The Jags, The Jam, The Motors, The Pretenders, The Records, The Stiffs, The Teardrop Explodes, XTC

The latest Cherry Red compilation focuses on the peak years of UK Power Pop and New Wave

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Music Journalism New Wave Rock 

Chrissie Hynde (Refuses To) Play The Hits!

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments Chrissie Hynde, Concerts, Cyndi Lauper, Lou Reed, Pretenders, The Pretenders, The Velvet Underground

What happens after a legendary artist wants to retire their most popular material from concert setlists

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New Wave Punk Rock 

‘Have A Nice Death’: Chrissie Hynde at 70

September 7, 2021September 7, 2022 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 70th Birthday, Boston, Chrissie Hynde, James Honeyman-Scott, Martin Chambers, New Wave, Orpheum Theatre, Pete Farndon, Pretenders, Punk, Ray Davies, Stockholm, The Buzzcocks, The Kinks, The Pretenders

Looking back on over 40 years of seeing the fiery Pretenders frontwoman on stage

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Dance Dub/Reggae New Wave 

Five Lessons from Bass Culture and Warm Leatherette

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1980, Bass Culture, Chris Blackwell, Chrissie Hynde, Grace Jones, Island Records, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Smokey Robinson, The Pretenders, Warm Leatherette

As these two Island Records essentials turn 40, let us remind you why they both remain career pinnacles for Linton Kwesi Johnson and Grace Jones

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